Join us for a creative workshop exploring self-expression, solidarity and women's voices through bold, inspiring text-based art.

Joy is Resistance: Community Arts Workshops

Mondays | 6pm–8pm | Port Independent | £5 per session | All welcome

About the Project

Joy is Resistance is a programme of collaborative workshops developed by Pink-collar Gallery that celebrates and empowers women's stories, creativity, and lived experience.

Join our community workshops and help create two collaborative artworks for an upcoming exhibition at Culture House. All skill levels welcome, no arts experience necessary!

Signs of Strength

Sign Making & Printing

Dates:• Monday 20 July• Monday 3 August• Monday 17 August• Monday 7 September• Monday 21 September

Signs of Strength invites participants to create bold, text-based art inspired by their own experiences, values and hopes. What message do you want to share with your younger self, your future self, or the people in your community? Drawing inspiration from community organising and social justice movements, participants will explore typography, colour, and printmaking techniques to make text-based art toinspire, encourage, and empower.

Your work will become part of a collaborative and vibrant wall of words and images celebrating women's voices, resilience, solidarity, and self-expression.

No previous experience is required, and all materials will be provided.

The programme consists of two workshops running on alternate weeks:

Workshop 1: I Am the Story – A collaborative community embroidery project exploring identity, memory, and personal stories through stitch.

Workshop 2: Signs of Strength – Create bold, text-based artworks inspired by your experiences, values, and hopes, using typography, colour, and printmaking techniques.

Come to one workshop or join both and be part of a collective celebration of women's voices, resilience, solidarity, and self-expression.

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